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allow of one workman performing, alone, what now requires the aid of an assistant.

NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT Inv HAMMBRS.' i

To ALL WHoM ITMAY-CQNOERN:

Be it known that we, PETER' C. HAvELYfand WILLIAM-W. COGGSALL, of' Rensselaerville, in the county ot' Albany, and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement' in Hammers; and we do hereby declare'that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled'inithe art to make and use the same, reference being hadlto theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specication, in whichu I v i The drawing represents a perspective view of Ae'ur invention.

Similar-letters ofreference indicate like parts'. l

This invention relatesto "an improved implement, which is composed of `manydevices for differentpurposes" 4for carpenters use, one which will greatly facilitate labor, by diminishing-the loss of time in taking up and llaying down diiierent toolsin the prosecution of carpenters or joincrs Work, andvwhich, in many cases, will A represents Athe handle of a hammer, and B the hammer-head. C is the socket, which receives the ond of the handle A, said soclret being attached to or forming a part of the head B.V The head and socket are constructed, ofcourse, of metal, andthe handle of'avoo'd, the latter being 'graduatedinto inches and fractional parts thereofy so .as vte serve as. a. rule orY measure.v

In the end of the handle a screw-driver, D, is itted, precisely 'as a bit is fitted in an ordinary carpenters brace, so that'the screw-driver may be itted into and withdrawn from' the .handle with the greatest facility.

The rearend of the head 'B of the hammer is made in the ferm of an adac, E, and serves such purpose, the claw for drawing nails being obtained by having a slit, F, made in the head, a little at the rear of the handlea 'said slit gradallyincreasing iu'width from its front to its rear end, the rear end being suiiiciently wide to admit of the head `of a nail passing through.l

In one side of the head B there is made a recess, a, of such form and dimensions that a nail may be tted in it, and retained in a position parallel with theside of the head, with the point of the nail projecting a, suitable -distance beyo'nd the face 6 of therhead. This arrangement admits of a nail being adjusted to the hammer,

so that the former may, by a slight tap ,of the latter, be struck or set in the board, and then driven in the board by the hammer, as usual.

A workman,therefore, can'drive a nail with one hand inplaees too high for him to hold the nail while being set, and in cases where one endof a board requires to be held with one hand while being nailed with I l the hammer held in theother, that work may be donewithout the aidl of an assistant. On the socketCof-the hammerhead there is fitted av slide, G, which serves as a jaw of a Wrench. The front side'iof thevsocket is notched or serrated, as sho\vn at e, so that, by means of a screw, d, Which'passes through th'e rear end of the jaw, it bears against the socket C. `4

By means of the notches c and the set-screw d, the slide ,or jan' G may be retained at any desired point,

Yand the upper surfaceof the jaw and the under surface of the head, directly above the jaw,.arc Iparallel with each other, so as to form a very efticien-t wrench.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The implement hereinH described, consisting of the hammer B, adzeE, nail-holder a, clan' F, movable jaw ,o a in the'manner as herein set forth.

The above speciiication of our invention signed by us, this 21st day of February, 1868. PETER C. HAVELY, WILLIAM W( COGGSHALL.

G, notched socket C, graduated Vhandle A, and removable screw-driver D, all constructed and arranged to operate Witnesses Homer. AL-nr, PERRY G Irronn. 

